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  • adverb In a leaky way.

Etymologies

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leaky +ā€Ž -ly

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Examples

  • We met gentle Rodney King, infamously beaten by the LAPD in 1991 and still prone to demolishing himself with intoxicants; Steven Adler, leakily lovable, ejected from the Guns Nā€™ Roses drum stool and having sad dreams that someone was kicking his dog; and Sean Stewart, troubled son of Rod.

    Retching With the Stars 2009

  • We met gentle Rodney King, infamously beaten by the LAPD in 1991 and still prone to demolishing himself with intoxicants; Steven Adler, leakily lovable, ejected from the Guns Nā€™ Roses drum stool and having sad dreams that someone was kicking his dog; and Sean Stewart, troubled son of Rod.

    Retching With the Stars 2009

  • a tree hollowed into a canoe, leakily put together.

    Travels in Morocco 2003

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